Pepper spent the afternoon shopping. Not for herself, but for Barnes. She couldn't bear the thought of him schlepping around in Steve's hand-me-downs. The man had been through so much. He needed spoiling.

Bucky wasn't in his room when she got back, and Pepper left the bags on his bed, feeling pretty sure that she'd managed to hold her purchases down to an amount that he could accept without feeling like a charity case.

Okay, so the black leather bomber jacket from Abercrombie & Fitch might have been a little over the top, but she didn't care. Gorgeous was gorgeous.